The huge column of hot rock, known as a mantle plume or a 'ghost plume', which rises from deep inside the earth beneath ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...